Sector: construction industry

Type of hazard: design of work and technology

Catchwords: ergonomics, working equipment

Status: completed 12/1996

Financed by: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bau-Berufsgenossenschaften

Research institution(s): Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Description, key words:

Ergonomic development and creation of selected tools for floor tiling work

Aims:

Inadequate tools cause avoidable excess of physical strain and the loss of working hours. Goal: development and creation of selected tools and working aids for floor tilers, in particular in order to reduce the strain on knee joints and the spine.

Activities/methods:

Market research, comparison of estimates with results, elaboration of ergonomic improvements in standard tools, development of new tool concepts.

last update: 19.07.2000